Wood v. Ludwig
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
JN ERROR. ERROR to the District Court of the city and county of Philadelphia. This was a scire facias against Samuel Ludwig as garnishee of fames Parkinson, in a foreign attachment that had been issued against Parkinson.' Ludwig pleaded nulla bona, and on the trial of the sciré facias, after the plaintiff had proved a debt due by Ludwig to Parkinson, for goods sold ñnd delivered on the 27th July, 1817, to the amount of 288 dollars and 9 cents, on a credit of four months,…
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JN ERROR. ERROR to the District Court of the city and county of Philadelphia. This was a scire facias against Samuel Ludwig as garnishee of fames Parkinson, in a foreign attachment that had been issued against Parkinson.' Ludwig pleaded nulla bona, and on the trial of the sciré facias, after the plaintiff had proved a debt due by Ludwig to Parkinson, for goods sold ñnd delivered on the 27th July, 1817, to the amount of 288 dollars and 9 cents, on a credit of four months, Ludwig instantly paid that sum into Court, without intereát or costs, ant^ ^1611 °fferec^ himself as a witness, to prove…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Duncan J.
To this scire facias against the garnishee, in a foreign attachment, on which were attached all the effects and credits of James Parkinson, in the hands of Samuel Ludwig, the garnishee'pleaded nulla bona; and on the trial, the plaintiff gave evidence of goods sold and delivered, on a credit of four months, by James Parkinson to Samuel Ludwig amounting to $8 288 9 cts. The goods were sold on the 27th July, 1817. The garnishee instantly paid into Court the principal debt, without interest and without costs ; and he offered himself as a witness…
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